Spritz Cookie Recipe

These petite buttery Spritz Cookies are the perfect holiday treat. They are delicious, quick, easy and so fun to decorate. Add these adorable treats to your Christmas cookie tray.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword best spritz cookies, butter spritz cookies, how to make spritz cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Servings cookies

Calories 43kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

1 cup butter softened
1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
1 egg room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
optional chocolate chips, melted chocolate, sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils for decorating

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Arrange oven rack in center of oven.
Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer on medium speed, cream your butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla extract, almond extract, and salt, mixing just until combined. Turn the mixer to low and add the flour, mixing just until incorporated.
Fill the cookie press and press the cookies onto a cool baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
Bake in a preheated oven for about 6 minutes or until golden brown. Let the cookies cool for 3-4 minutes before moving them to a wire rack.
Wait for the cookies to fully cool before dunking or drizzling them with chocolate or powdered sugar glaze. Decorate with sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils immediately after. If you want to decorate without dunking or drizzling, simply speckle with sprinkles, sanding sugar, or nonpareils before placing them in the oven to bake.

Notes

This may be the only cookie I advise baking right on the cookie sheet. They do much better without parchment paper or silicone mats, as both of these hold heat and cause the cookies to spread too fast.
If you would like to change the color of the dough, simply add a small amount of gel food coloring before blending the flour into the cookie dough.
Plan your cookies ahead of time and decide whether you will use melted chocolate and/or a glaze. If you are adding sprinkles to the cookies without chocolate or a glaze, then they should be sprinkled on before baking, so they stick to the cookies.
To make chocolate spritz cookies reduce the flour by 1/4 cup and add 1/4 cup cocoa powder to the cookie dough.
For a spice spritz, add warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, ground cloves, or allspice. Just remember that a little goes a long way.
I have always found that spritz dough best moves through the cookie press after mixing. Refrigeration will cause it to become too stiff to move through the cookie press freely.
If freezing the cookies, do so before decorating, then thaw and decorate. Chocolate tends to absorb freezer odors, change textures, and whiten in the freezer.
Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
These cookies freeze exceptionally well, and they ship even better, so plan your holiday baking today.

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